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I'm pleased to announce that I've launched another blog called The Daily Innovator. It is not an association specific blog, but a resource for anyone working in any type of organization who is looking for advice, ideas and inspiration on how to make innovation a priority everyday. My hope is that you will come to view it as an invaluable resource.

The blog is live now and I hope you will visit regularly. In fact, please consider subscribing either by e-mail or using the RSS feed. If you'd like to submit a comment, you can do so here. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

I urge you to listen to Gary's first effort and to support the podcast in the weeks and months ahead. Podcasting is a powerful tool for associations, and I'm pleased to see that it is beginning to enter into our community's awareness.

By the way, the article from the July 2005 FORUM that Gary mentions was authored by yours truly and it can be found here.

I am putting up this post from Sydney, Australia, where it is
approaching 6 pm on September 1. I'm here attending and
speaking at a conference, yet all of the talk is about the tragedy of
Katrina. Everyone asks me about it, some have asked if I have
family in the area (I do not), and the universal reaction to the
ensuing conversation is the long face and sad head shake accompanying
the abiding sense of incredulity we all feel over what has happened.

There are simply no words available to adequately express our
pain. How is it possible that such a cruel fate could befall
innocent people? My heart is aching as I watch wall-to-wall
coverage on CNN International, as well as foreign media outlets.
It is especially difficult to watch interviews with hurricane victims
who are utterly disconsolate over missing loved ones. As despair
overwhelms them, they openly sob, as do the reporters interviewing
them. Each of us in our own way is weeping over the random and
desperately senseless destruction that Mother Nature has unleashed upon
us.

Even as the people of New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast begin the
long and arduous process of rebuilding their shattered lives, we know
that, in the end, they will prevail over this tragedy. It is
simply not in the American experience to do otherwise and we will pull
together as a nation and as a people to ensure their ultimate success
and renaissance. In the meantime, we share with them our love and
our strength as they work hard to make it through the difficult days
ahead.